Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Untitled (Sketch of a horse)
Medium: Goucahe on paper
Date: 1905
Dimensions:
5 1/2 × 8 in. (14 × 20.3 cm)
Schoonover Studios Ltd., Wilmington, DE
Accession number: SUPP2000.2645
Research Number: NCW: 2645
Inscribedlower right: This sketch made for Frank E. Schoonover / by N. C. Wyeth -- for use in painting / reproduced herewith; the reverse shows the sheet to be a piece of stationery, with "Studio / No. 1305 Franklin Street, / Wilmington, Del." printed at the head and the following in NCW's hand: ...interest them as it will save ... / ...it over again.
Provenance(?); John H. Beates to circa 1997; Masonic Home of Delaware, gift of John Beates; (with Schoonover Studios Ltd., Wilmington, DE, 2012)
Curatorial RemarksWyeth made this sketch on the reverse of a piece of stationery to show fellow Pyle student Frank Schoonover how to depict a dead horse. Schoonover used the image to paint "Shorty Had the Best Position for Defense," an illustration for Outing Magazine, Dec. 1905 (Frank E. Schoonover catalogue raisonne #248). Oral history accounts say Schoonover painted Wyeth's hat into the picture at the lower left in tribute.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:from artwork
Photo Credit:Courtesy of Schoonover Studios, Ltd.